Quote Originally Posted by joe00 View Post
every one has refered to this as conduit its called flex the hard pipe is called conduit conduit is always made out of steel. flex is made out of aluminum and steel you just have to take a magnet to it and you can tell by the wieght aluminum flex is awsome to get cause it clean aluminum always and the connectors that are screwed in the ends of flex are cast aluminum so save those also those add up fast thats how they connect the flex to electrical boxes
Conduit is an all encompassing word (a natural or artificial chanel through which something is conveyed).



I do however like to be as specific as possible, so thank you for bringing the word "flex" to our vocabulary. It can avoid much confusion in the future.